At first glance, making soap can seem intimidating. However, it’s so easy to make! This week we launched the new Natural Soap Kit for Beginners, which includes everything you need to make soap from scratch. It also includes FREE SHIPPING anywhere in the lower 48 United States. The kit has three options made with 100% pure essential oils: Energizing Orange, Refreshing Lemongrass and Relaxing Lavender. Click through the Natural Soap Kit for Beginners post to learn more.
The Relaxing Lavender soap is scented with Lavender 40/42 Essential Oil, which smells fresh and floral. Ultramarine Violet Oxide Pigment is used to create the purple hue. After the soap is poured in the mold, a spoon is used to create interesting texture on top. Lavender buds are sprinkled on for an elegant finishing touch. See how easy the process is in the How to Make Natural and Relaxing Lavender Soap post.
Handmade soap feels so amazing on the skin. Most commercial products aren’t even qualified as soap because they’re made with chemical detergents, hardeners and synthetic lathering agents. Making your own soap means you know exactly what you’re putting on your skin. You can also customize the recipe based on your personal preferences. Learn more in the Why Should You Make and Use Handmade Soap post.
In addition to soap, you can create amazing handmade products like lotion and lip balm. The Beautiful Bronze Lip Tint is easy to make and perfect for summer. It’s made with Gold Sparkle Mica, Merlot Sparkle Mica and Copper Sparkle Mica, and scented with sweet Honey Kisses Flavor Oil. Find more recipes in the Summer DIY Project Inspiration post.
This week’s Facebook Photo of the Week by Brittany with Baabbly Soap is a refreshing treat during the warm summer months. It’s scented with spearmint essential oil and eucalyptus essential oil.
The soap is absolutely stunning. Brittany used a funnel pour design, which makes each bar look unique. The cool blue tones remind me of the ocean. The stamp is an amazing finishing touch as well. To learn how to use a funnel in your design, check out the Honey Bee Funnel Pour Cold Process Tutorial. You can also get the look using a Faux Funnel Pour Technique.
Above (clockwise, top left) are Brittany’s Shave and a Haircut Soap, Peach Cupcake Soap, Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Soap and Wisconsin Cow Soap. How adorable is that cow soap? If you’re a fan of landscape soaps, check out the Alpine Adventures Cold Process Tutorial. The Misty Maritime Moon Cold Process Soap uses a negative embed technique.
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This week’s Instagram Photo of the Week features beautiful blue tones as well. The Silken Sea Soap by Lather and Company is so unique and creative. I love the interesting pattern in the middle and the texture on top. The golden shimmer is gorgeous as well. See more of their work on their Instagram page.
Post pictures of your crafty creations on the Facebook page each week for a chance to be featured on the Soap Queen blog and receive a sweet soapy package from Bramble Berry. Photos are chosen based on consensus from the Bramble Berry staff, so the best way to increase your chances of winning is to show us lots of photos!
To participate in the Instagram contest, hashtag your pictures with #soapshare. Each Friday, I will pick a photo on Instagram to be featured on the Bramble Berry Instagram account.
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Mmmm, they look good enough to eat!
Btw, I am trying to get into the Teachsoap forum for some advice, but it is impossible, it just pops up many lines of this: [phpBB Debug] PHP Notice: in file [ROOT]/includes/functions.php on line 5263: Undefined index: style_path
What happened, is it closed or just having tecnical difficulties? Hope you can fix it soon:)
Thanks!
Oh I’m sorry about that! I just checked the forum and it’s working for me. What browser are you using? It may help to try another one, like Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. Let me know if that helps!
-Kelsey with Bramble Berry
Hi! It is back on now. It was down a while, but I guess someone fixed it. I tried to log on for 2 days but the site wasn`t there. I tried my cellphone, tablet and PC, which all has different browsers. It was just gone. But it is all back so everything is ok, so yay! Thanks for the tips though, I will keep them in the back of my head! 🙂
I’m sorry the forum was down! Glad to hear it’s back up and running though. Enjoy! 🙂
-Kelsey with Bramble Berry
That cow soap is so BLEEEEPING awesome! I can’t even imagine how it is done unless the barn and cow are embeds, but where would you find those molds? Landscape scenes are my favorite of all soaps to make. I have made a few of my own and I have also made the Sahara Sunset and the Stormy Seas and both were so much fun and turned out so well that I absolutely WILL do them again.
Hi Eric!
Isn’t that soap adorable? I love the cow embeds! Brittany wrote a blog about how she got the look here: http://baabblysoap.blogspot.com/2016/04/fresh-cut-wisconsin-grass-soap.html
-Kelsey with Bramble Berry
Sahara Sunset Cold Process Soap: https://www.soapqueen.com/bath-and-body-tutorials/cold-process-soap/sahara-sunset-cold-process-soap-tutorial/
Stormy Seas Cold Process Soap: https://www.soapqueen.com/bath-and-body-tutorials/cold-process-soap/stormy-seas-cold-process/
Thank you so much Eric! For the barn and silo I made a custom soap mold out of foam board and then smoothed out the ruff edges with a small hand planer. For the cow embed I made a slab of black and white soap that I poured using 2 squirt bottles and dripped the colors on top for the speckled look. Then I used a small cow cookie cutter to cut out all of the cows and “glued” them together with some water to make a log embed. It was a pretty fun soap to make!
Thanks for sharing the process Brittany! 🙂
-Kelsey with Bramble Berry
Can someone give me a company name for soap stamps that you press into the soap? Thanks!
One popular one is Lasercutz. Ltd in England. There are many more on Etsy.
Thanks for the great suggestion Martina! Etsy is a great place for custom stamps. We also sell stamps you may like Deborah. 🙂
Find those here: https://www.brambleberry.com/Soap-Stamps-C113.aspx
-Kelsey with Bramble Berry